--- title: at my mate's house, they're saying grace, do i just start — A guest at the table, and manners on t… · tree and pragmatics description: at my mate's house, they're saying grace, do i just start Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [A guest at the table, and manners on t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone at my mate's house, they're saying grace, do i just start **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, i · **What happens:** say, start · **To what, where:** grace, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t10:1 # text = at my mate's house, they're saying grace, do i just start 1 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | they | grace | | my mate's house | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grace=Topic | | 2 | **start** | present · do-support | i | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Eat the bread only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t10:o1:1 # text = Eat the bread only 1 Eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bread | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wait quietly until they finish ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t10:o2:1 # text = Wait quietly until they finish 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 finish finish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **finish** | present | they | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Talk to your friend meanwhile ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t10:o3:1 # text = Talk to your friend meanwhile 1 Talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to your friend; meanwhile *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to friend=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Start eating, you don't have to join ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t10:o4:1 # text = Start eating, you don't have to join 1 Start start VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **join** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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